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Media scoundrels claim otherwise. The New York Times headlined “Adversaries in Syria Trade Blame for Scores of Killings in Aleppo,” saying:

“Al Jazeera quoted a” Free Syrian Army commander. He pointed fingers the wrong way. He claimed victims were “executed by the regime.”

London’s Guardian said “Syrian rebels recover scores of bodies from Aleppo river as floodwaters recede.”

They continue to be found. Final death toll numbers may approach or exceed 120. “Rebel groups blamed the Syrian government for the killings, suggesting that some of the victims had crossed into ‘loyalist’ areas then disappeared.”

Families “identified a number of the killed, stressing that Jabhat al-Nusra abducted them because of their (refusal) to cooperate with this terrorist group.”

SANA’s reporter said no Syrian army forces were present in the area.

Syrian authorities earlier erected barbed wire along the river. It was done to prevent terrorist infiltration. It didn’t help.

“The bodies, which terrorists and TV misleading channels have claimed that the army killed their owners, were found in the side where terrorists present…if they were killed in the safe areas, their bodies would stick to the barbed wires before reaching the region where they were discovered.”

Whether on not Washington plans direct intervention remains to be seen. Last weekend, Obama said:

“In a situation like Syria, I have to ask, can we make a difference in that situation? Would a military intervention have an impact?”

“How would it affect our ability to support troops who are still in Afghanistan? What would be the aftermath of our involvement on the ground?”

“Could it trigger even worse violence or the use of chemical weapons? What offers the best prospect of a stable post-Assad regime?”

A Washington Post editorial responded. It headlined “Consequences of US inaction in Syria are clear,” saying:

“The logic at work here – the longer the Assad regime holds on, the worse the consequences – was acknowledged by senior Obama administration officials nearly a year ago.”

At his confirmation hearing, John Kerry said “Every day that goes by, it gets worse.” According to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

“If we don’t give the means to the Syrian people to go achieve their freedom, there is a risk….that massacres and antagonisms amplify, and that extremism and terrorism prevail.”

Obama so far stopped short of direct intervention. “In the absence of US action, the violence (increases) and the Assad regime move(s) dangerously close to using chemical arms.”

Washington-led NATO is systematically destroying Syria. In the 1990s, dismantling the Balkans was prioritized. Post-9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya were ravaged. Much more lies ahead.

Syria now is ground zero. It’s been targeted for regime change for years. All options are used. Washington wages war multiple ways. Hot conflict continues. Economic/financial destabilization and strangulation use various means.

They include multiple rounds of sanctions. Doing so “paralyz(es) trade and investment. Acts of deliberate sabotage and piracy (target) the country’s industrial base.”

Turkey and other NATO allies are involved. Syria’s “industrial enterprises (are) clos(ed) down and/or bankrupt(ed).” More than half the country’s industrial base is affected.

Agriculture is undermined. Food shortages are serious. So are “undernourishment and child malnutrition.”

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